I am an individual living among another seven and a half billion people upon this planet.
What is it about me that is special enough to justify my continued existence?
As our number in population creeps ever steadily upward, is my own worth not therefore ever diminished within an ocean of humans - individuals just like myself?
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Would it take any longer than a second following my demise for a newborn child to cry and gasp its first lungfuls of ever less pristine air?
And even if I still managed to be special - to have 'potential' - to what end would that be if I were to simply conform to the strictures of a society that would have me work most days of my life to serve what at best might be somebody else's dream?
Nobody ever gives you a pat on the back for all the potential that you had to offer.
No. They instead tell you to roll up your sleeves and get working.
Because work is life and life is work and a life without work is a life unproductive.
Or so they might have you believe.
It is a sensation similar to drowning.
Even as the lungs continue to breathe you sense the World closing in around you.
Beyond, the hounds of purpose bark accusations.
"You are not rich enough!"
"You are not man enough!"
"You are not smart enough!"
"You are not popular enough!"
"You are not practical enough!"
"You are not connected enough!"
Chorus: "You are not enough!"
The pointy fingers and the stares dissipate...
...and then the icy feeling of neglect as the World moves on, leaving you behind.
Not to worry though.
I have not given up.
Nor should you.
Nor am I in any trouble.
I just am left wondering.
Perhaps I am merely a puzzle piece left out of place?
It does seem that I am in a bit of a rut - trapped within a cage of negative emotions.
I will allow a few more of these thoughts to seep through into my writings - perhaps the venting will do me good - but I need to turn my perspective around to more positive topics.
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